The 2014, 2015, and 2016 Holiday Seasons brought snow golem known as Blizz Ard to the Empire, which uses the Avalauncher as its weapon. The Avalauncher snowball is a companion item for the mob, acting as a mechanized part of Blizz Ard that will allow any player who obtains it to fire snowballs infinitely.

The lore shown in the information on the right shows the 2014 version. The 2015 and 2016 versions of the Avalauncher do not show the year in its lore, instead reading "Happy Holidays" in red text.

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To obtain an Avalauncher in 2014, players had to redeem one for Tokens rather than killing the mob. In 2015, players could either use Tokens to purchase the Avalauncher or they could defeat Blizz Ard, getting an Avalauncher as a potential rare drop.

The introduction of a Token exchange meant that the Avalauncher could be redeemed as a promotional item, an offer lasting only for the Holiday period. This could be achieved initially by filling out the form in this thread but was later automated and available via an in-game command in 2014 for 20,000 Tokens. In 2015 and 2016 the command could be used by players to purchase an Avalauncher for 10,000 Tokens.

One day while chasing Blizz Ard and his clones, Aikar found a special item on the ground. It was Blizz Ard's 2nd most precious item: his Avalauncher snowball. This magical snowball allows Blizz Ard to throw snowballs for hours on End and never run out and, thanks to modern technology, it's been mass produced for your enjoyment. Of course, when Blizz Ard found out about this, he was quite upset at Aikar and made him promise that it would only be given to those that proved themselves worthy. Show your worth by earning 20,000 Tokens.